ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2020
Etiology of Pediatric Meningitis in West Africa Using Molecular Methods in the Era of Conjugate Vaccines against Pneumococcus, Meningococcus, and
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21 authors at 12 institutions in 10 countries.
Brenda A Kwambana-Adams1WHO Collaborating Centre for New Vaccines Surveillance, Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia.
Jie Liu3Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Catherine Okoi1WHO Collaborating Centre for New Vaccines Surveillance, Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia.
Jason M Mwenda4World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo.
Nuredin I Mohammed1WHO Collaborating Centre for New Vaccines Surveillance, Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia.
Enyonam Tsolenyanu5Department of Paediatrics, Sylvanus Olympio Teaching Hospital, Lomé, Togo.
Lorna Awo Renner6University of Ghana School of Medicine and Dentistry, Accra, Ghana.
Daniel Ansong7Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.
Beckie N Tagbo8Institute of Child Health, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enug, Nigeria.
Muhammad F Bashir10Department of Paediatrics, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, Nigeria.
Mamadou Kourna Hama11Laboratoire, Hopital National de Niamey, Niamey, Niger.
Mouhamadou A Sonko12Centre Hospitalier National d'Enfants Albert Royer, Dakar, Senegal.
Jean Gratz3Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Archibald Worwui1WHO Collaborating Centre for New Vaccines Surveillance, Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia.
Peter Ndow1WHO Collaborating Centre for New Vaccines Surveillance, Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia.
Adam L Cohen13World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Fatima Serhan13World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Richard Mihigo4World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo.
Martin Antonio1WHO Collaborating Centre for New Vaccines Surveillance, Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia.
Eric Houpt3Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Paediatric Bacterial Meningitis Surveillance Network in West Africa
MRC Unit the Gambia · GMUniversity of Virginia · USWorld Health Organization · CHWorld Health Organization Regional Office for Africa · CGAbubakar Tafawa Balewa University · NGCentre Hospitalier National Universitaire de Fann · SNCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tokoin · TGKomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital · GHLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GBNational Hospital Niamey · NEUniversity of Ghana · GHUniversity of Nigeria Teaching Hospital · NG
Funding
Molecular Diagnostic Tools for Patient Oriented Field Studies in Infectious DiseasesK24AI102972 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI HOUPT, ERIC R · 2013 to 2022
$1.5MMedical Research Council MR/R010161/1NIAID NIH HHS K24 AI102972World Health Organization 001
Abstract
Despite the implementation of effective conjugate vaccines against the three main bacterial pathogens that cause meningitis,
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Africa, WesternChild, PreschoolCulture TechniquesCytomegalovirus InfectionsEscherichia coli InfectionsFemaleGhanaHaemophilus VaccinesHIV InfectionsHumansInfantInfant, NewbornKlebsiella InfectionsMalaria, CerebralMaleMeningitisHaemophilus VaccinesMenAfriVacMeningococcal VaccinesPneumococcal Vaccines
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